8:10 pm
April 13

Indians @ White Sox

Who will WIN this matchup?

Cleveland Indians (5-4)

@ Chicago White Sox (5-5)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Bieber (CLE): 0-1; 3.65 ERA

Giolito (CHW) 1-0; 4.22 ERA

 

Current odds:

Cleveland Indians: (-105)

Chicago White Sox: (-105)

 

• One week after earning his first victory of the season, well-rested Chicago White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito is geared up to keep rolling Tuesday in a marquee pitching matchup against fellow ace Shane Bieber of the visiting Cleveland Indians. Giolito (1-0, 4.22 ERA) navigated rough sequences in his most recent outing April 6 in Seattle, including a botched, would-be double play ball and a wild pitch in the Mariners third. He recovered to scatter three runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings with one walk and 10 strikeouts.

• Bieber (0-1, 3.65 ERA) has contributed quality starts in each of his first two appearances this season, but the reigning American League Cy Young winner boasts little to show for it thus far. Bieber has recorded at least eight strikeouts in 14 straight starts, matching the team record set by Corey Kluber in 2017 and tied for the fifth-longest run in major league history. Bieber is 2-2 (2.94 ERA) is eight starts against the White Sox.

• Chicago edged Cleveland 4-3 Monday in the opener of the teams’ four-game series, as pinch-runner Nick Madrigal scored on a game-ending error by Indians first baseman Yu Chang. With one out and runners at first and second, Chang attempted to start an inning-ending double play, but his throw to second base hit Chicago’s Yasmani Grandal in the back of the batting helmet, allowing Madrigal to score.

• While Cleveland manager Terry Francona said Chang should have taken the sure out by tagging first base, he complimented a defensive play Chang made to start a double play earlier in the game. Franmil Reyes went 0-for-2 while driving in a run on a sacrifice fly. Reyes has hit safely in seven of nine games to begin the season.

4/10
Confidence
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Chicago White Sox
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